A long lake-beast surfaces in silence, back draped in weed-moss like rotting hair. Its jaw is a splintered rack of teeth, and the belly hangs torn open, spilling slick pink coils that writhe in the water. Heavy flippers push it forward with slow, dredging strokes, dragging silt and stink behind it as if the lake itself is being pulled apart.
Lake dredgers are Undead water behemoths, such as whales, giant fish, or dinosaurs. These creatures are reanimated through the deep, primal fear of the unknown horrors that lurk in the murky depths. They dwell in the beds of lakes, rivers, or oceans, dredging up the detritus to replenish their ever-rotting mass.
They also add to their decaying bulk by feeding on living creatures, especially drawn to those who exhibit fear of the deep. Once prey is devoured, it is impaled on its cracked ribs until the waterlogged flesh becomes one with the beast’s.
Lake dredgers exist because of the fear of the unknown, and their essence is undone in the presence of a captured or crafted depiction of themselves, such as a drawing or carving
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